Paul Chaney
Contributing Editor
Member Since: June 27, 2008
Location: Lafayette, Louisiana
Interests: social media marketing, ecommerce, business blogging
Company: http://www.thesocialmediahandyman.com
Paul Chaney has submitted 89 comments:
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Aaron, thank you for the additional insights. They are much appreciated. Andy and Christine, I almost always try to share tools that small ecommerce merchants can benefit from using. Trackur and Venpop both qualify from the standpoint of afford... May 03, 2012 |
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Thank you Sarah. I'm happy you find them helpful. Ridha, I'm sure as more small businesses make creative and productive use of covers you'll see them here. April 09, 2012 |
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Susan - Just noticed that your cover includes your the web address to your website, which Facebook expressly forbids. Facebook considers that promotional. It's going to be interesting to see how Facebook plans to monitor the millions o... March 30, 2012 |
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Steve - I agree. That's a very creative use of your cover and profile image. Kudos to you! Mark - I'll defer to your judgment, but I've seen several specs on dimensions. Thanks for adding your insights. Rebecca - Love the cove... March 29, 2012 |
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Its emphasis on being human has long been the reason I've favored the use of social media for marketing. It's that personal connection, albeit virtual, that is the real power behind the medium. March 03, 2012 |
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As I explore and experiment with my Timeline, I'm finding its greatest appeal to be in the placement of life events. They not only serve as reminders of significant moments in my own life, but provide a roadmap others can follow to learn more a... December 29, 2011 |
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Lauren, I would suggest that LinkedIn's emphasis on individuals as opposed to companies makes demonstrating thought-leadership one of the main reasons to consider using it. Whether that's of value to all ecommerce merchants, I'm doubtful, but i... December 05, 2011 |
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Silvio, thank you for bringing those sites to our attention. I'll certainly check them out and perhaps include them in a later article. November 29, 2011 |
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Thank you Armando. I'm paying more attention to the use of mobile technology as it applies to social media, especially given the fact that, according to what I've read, social media is second only to downloading music as a top use of mobile dev... October 25, 2011 |
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Thom, I did check it out along with several others in preparation for this article. I found a number of social shopping sites, but filtered out any that did not specifically reference how an ecommerce merchant could use the site. That appeared ... August 02, 2011 |
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Scott, I like the platform, but it's still too soon to tell what role it will serve within the social media marketing spectrum. Google did announce that it plans to support a presence for businesses soon, perhaps with its own form of Pages. But... July 07, 2011 |
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Thank you for bringing mBLAST to our reader's attention. I will be sure and take a look at the site. June 29, 2011 |
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Derek, I'll be certain to check out the Scoreboard feature and thanks for bringing to our reader's attention. Adrian, thank you for the comment. This is a burgeoning industry that I expect will continue to grow and improve. One day, there may b... June 23, 2011 |
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Dean, your point is well-taken. However, it presumes that someone within the organization has the ability to know what to do with that code. These sites make it easy for the non-technie/non-coder to be able to have the ability to add an extra d... May 06, 2011 |
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I tend to use Sprout Social more from an overall management standpoint and Hootsuite more as a real-time publishing tool. From an analytics perspective, Hootsuite offers a number of options, such as the ability to connect with Google A... April 27, 2011 |
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I agree Pamela. Including other social networks would make its use even more fruitful. I'd even be willing to pay a little more to have access to additional outlets. April 26, 2011 |
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I've found great success in managing multiple accounts using Sprout Social. I'm also experimenting with a newcomer to the market, Postling. Both of these are easy on the budget and easy to use. April 01, 2011 |
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I was conversing with a friend recently who put the issue into perspective as well as anyone I've heard. She indicated that it's due to the nature of how connections are made, the inherent challenges in actually "following" someone's tweets in ... March 31, 2011 |
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Since writing the article, two new iframe app tools were released. Hyperarts just announced the release of Tabpress, which can be found here: http://apps.facebook.com/tabpress. Also, an independent developer has released iFrame App: http://www.... March 15, 2011 |
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I just found out that Facebook now allows admins to customize the name of the tab labels for third-party apps. For example, one tab on the PeC page was named "Exclusive." I changed it to read "Exclusive Offer," which makes more sense. ... February 23, 2011 |
